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\nBy many and various (DC Thomson & Co., Ltd.)
\nISBN: 978-1-84535-603-3<\/p>\n
\nBy many and various (DC Thomson & Co., Ltd.)
\nISBN: 978-1-84535-603-3<\/p>\n
Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: No Christmas Complete Without One\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n For many British fans Christmas means The Beano Book<\/strong> and\/or its companion tome The Dandy<\/strong> – although Scots worldwide have a pretty fair claim that the season belongs to them with collections of The Broons and Oor Wullie<\/strong> making every Yule truly cool. Happily in these parlous times of uncertainty both are available this year to maintain a magnificent Seasonal tradition and a smidgen of comforting stability.<\/p>\n Unmissable treats for generations of kids and grandparents, this year both great big (285 x 215 mm) full-colour hardback Annual offerings are packed with a wealth of talent and as great as ever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Beano Annual 2017<\/strong> takes us through key points of the year and offers a wildly anarchic gathering of stars, opening and closing with chaotically star-stuffed double page spreads by Nigel Parkinson.<\/p>\n The panoply of perilous perishing kids unleashes Dennis the Menace and Gnasher<\/em>, David Sutherland’s Bash Street Kids<\/em>, Roger the Dodger<\/em>, Gnasher and Gnipper!<\/em>, Calamity James<\/em>, Minnie the Minx<\/em> and Bananaman<\/em> in daily doses of crime and punishments – and the cartoon attractions do so on a regular basis throughout the book as they track through a year in the life of the characters…<\/p>\n However, colossal themed team-ups are all the rage these days, so we have some of those too, as Beanotown Adventures<\/em> offers a shocking mash-up of little horrors amusing in unison.<\/p>\n Nigel Parkinson delineates the Valentine’s Day calamity after Minnie gets hold of Cupid’s machine gun and starts dispensing love-bullets to all and sundry, providing unspeakable horror and embarrassment to the other characters all over town\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Shorter strips that follow include Nigel Aucterlounie’s The Numskulls<\/em>, more Bash Street Kids, Wilbur Dawbarn’s Billy Whizz<\/em> and return engagements for Roger, Dennis, Gnasher, and Minnie, whose time-travel caper takes us from January to St. George’s Day. Then Ball Boy<\/em> and Bananaman endure inclement weather and the hay fever rites of Spring\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Easter with the Bash Street Kids leads to another multi-star Beanotown Adventure set on a flatulence-filled May Fourth – yes! Star Wars Day<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n The recurring cast pop up thick and fast in quick solo japes or extended excursions such as Bananaman’s clash with the book’s recurring masked villain \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boy Genius<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Amongst the storm of madcap mayhem, Laura Howell’s know-it-all Angel Face<\/em> puts her foot down and The Numskulls endure even more allergy aggro in Edd’s Head before the Bash Streeters have their own brush with Boy Genius.<\/p>\n More solo strips from old pals then carry us into high summer as ‘Beach Bother’<\/em> sees the entire unsavoury cast hit the seaside for another aggregated Beanotown Adventure\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Diverse hands take all those sullen kids ‘Back to School’<\/em> and all too soon Halloween rears its misshapen, badly carved orange heads; but even doughty Bananaman can’t stop the little louts sneaking out to a stone age monument for a mass Beanotown party only to encounter ‘The Creature from the Big Rocks Henge!’<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n All too soon it’s Yule time again and after a silly streak of solo stories, the cast all reunite for the big closer as the esteemed Mr. Dickens gets a hilarious kicking in ‘A Christmas Beano Carol’<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Fast, irreverent and timelessly exuberant, The Beano Annual<\/strong> is a cornerstone of British culture and national celebration at this time of year. Have you got yours yet? By many and various (DC Thomson & Co., Ltd.) ISBN: 978-1-84535-603-3 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: No Christmas Complete Without One\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 9\/10 For many British fans Christmas means The Beano Book and\/or its companion tome The Dandy – although Scots worldwide have a pretty fair claim that the season belongs to them with collections of The … <\/p>\n
\n\u00c2\u00a9 DC Thomson & Co., Ltd 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"